Contemporary Native American Cultural IssuesDuane Champagne While Native American communities remain culturally innovative and continue to struggle for survival, researchers, teachers, and students lack texts that both represent the breadth of contemporary experiences and look toward the future. Editor Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship reflecting the complexity and diversity of Native American cultural life. Section introductions provide background and analyses of the issues. Informative and critical studies offer experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native settings. This book and its companion volume, Contemporary Native American Political Issues, edited by Troy R. Johnson, are ideal teaching tools and resources for anyone working in or with Native communities. |
Contents
American Indian Identities Issues of Individual Choice and Development | 13 |
The Crucible of American Indian Identity Native Tradition versus Colonial Imposition in Postconquest North America | 39 |
GENDER | 69 |
Aboriginal Women and SelfGovernment Challenging Leviathan | 71 |
The Good Red Road Journeys of Homecoming in Native Womens Writing | 91 |
Contemporary Tribal Codes and Gender Issues | 103 |
CONTEMPORARY POWWOW | 127 |
The Powwow as a Public Arena for Negotiating Unity and Diversity in American Indian Life | 129 |
HEALTH | 223 |
The Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse among American Indians The Mythical and Real Properties | 225 |
Tobacco Culture and Health among American Indians A Historical Review | 243 |
Cancer Control Research among American Indians and Alaska Natives A Paradigm for Research in the Next Millennium | 261 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | 273 |
Friendly Fire When Environmentalists Dehumanize American Indians | 275 |
Ecological Risk Assessment and Management Their Failure to Value Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Protect Tribal Homelands | 291 |
Uranium Is in My Body | 305 |
Southwestern Oklahoma the Gourd Dance and Charlie Brown | 145 |
FILM AND OTHER MEDIA | 165 |
Cultural Imperialism and the Marketing of Native America | 167 |
Native Medias Communities | 191 |
Shadow Catchers or Shadow Snatchers? Ethical Issues for Photographers of Contemporary Native Americans | 215 |
INDEX | 315 |
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